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I was never much in a situation where I had a lot of choices, I wonder how many people really do have their pick when they graduate?

But right now I think you take what you can get....

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The article is from 2011 so definitely from an easier time. But the overall advice in my opinion is still solid - it’s best to work for a recognizable company early on then to spend your first couple years at a company no one recognizes.

I’m a big proponent of startups, but I really wish I had read this when I first graduated.

I really don't buy into any of those theories, you learn what you can when you can. The whole strategizing "learn this than that than that" stuff I think is bogus and doesn't represent the vast majority of working situations.

It's all some pretend / after that fact imagined "optimizing" IMO.

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